Mayfly imitations

[bradley]

Hi guys I've started another topic sorry about that lol. Just wondering about mayfly imitaion flies, because books that I have been reading say trout eat spent mayflies, and they sip them in and their nose breaks the surface. I was fishing to a trout like that with a blue dun and I hooked and landed it, was it taking spent mayflies or am I on the wrong track?
 But that wasn't the only time I have caught trout on mayflies imitaions which imitate an alive mayfly not a spent mayfly, dry flies like blue dun and dads favourite, so when should you fish spent mayflies? Do I need to go and buy so spent mayfly dry flies? I am confused feedback would be welcomed  

[bradley]

HEllooo? Anyone?

[catch N release]

Hey Bradley,
As you can tell most of the Taupofishing readers don't seem to know and therefore have not commented. I asked a good friend of mine with a few years of experience, on this topic. He showed me a spent spinner imitation and basically it is just your usual dry fly with the wings FLAT instead of raised. After the mayfly has mated it looses energy and hits the water, (wings get wet and viola instant food). Carry a small net, (you know the ones from the two dollar shop for kids in rock pools at the beach), and start scooping the top surface of the water. I know everybody knows of this trick but in reality few do it. ALWAYS try to match the size of the hatch, use as light a line as you have and as long as leader as you can, AND GET YOUR DRIFT RIGHT. Drift in any form of trout fishing is one of the most important skills you can have. If presentation is not natural the trout will not take it.  Hope this helps man or at least gives you something to think about. Thank you for the post and very sorry to take so long in replying. Please keep asking those questions.
Tight lines dude.
Catch N Release.

[bradley]

Ok thanks for replying am most please have been checking for ages and no-one had replyed, will try these sugguestions. I have caught the mayflies on blue duns a mayfly imitaion. Me and my mate go down to the local river for the evening rise and night fish and we have fun hooking and sometimes catching trout lol  on mayflies and caddis. Aren't there any inscest hatchs up on the taupo rivers?

[catch N release]

The Tongariro gets a great cadis hatch in the evening and the Waitahanui too. I believe in years to come anglers will see the Taupo region as an all year fishery in the rivers as well as the lake. What river do you fish in your area my friend?

[bradley]

I fish the upper manawatu, which has caddis and mayfly hatches, I enjoy fishing it, you can't sight fish but further up the river you can sight fish.